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Doesn't this make ya want to invite your friends?

This is a story about a church that has completely... missed... the point.

So much for hope, joy, peace, and living in the power of the holy spirit.

Jesus is coming............. for Friend Day!

"Friend Day" is about the uncoolest name my "big church" friends have come up with over the past 13 years... but that's not why I am writing.

Jim Caviezel is speaking at Cornerstone for Friend Day on April 20th.

That's right, Jesus from "The Passion of the Christ". …

your hurts.

If you've had some tough times in your life, I would really like to hear about them. Maybe it was your parents getting divorced, or some addiction, or depression, or any other struggle you have had to endure. Maybe this is something you have conquered in your life, or …

Uncle Jimmy

I never actually called him "Uncle Jimmy", but Lindsay did. That's how she always knew him, growing up with Jimmy right down the street in Columbus, Ohio. It has been a tough week for our family... Jimmy took his own life a couple days ago, leaving behind a 14-year-old …

eavesdropping.

I had a pretty interesting chat via MySpace this week with one of y'all... and well, I feel like sharing it on here. I've deleted the names... don't try to guess them, I am pretty confident that you'll be wrong :) I just really appreciated this person caring for their …

2008 calendar

Second Saturday

Attention Mergers... this is muy, muy importante!!!

This Saturday is the kickoff of our brand new, awesome, God pleasing, community loving, Jesus modeling, heart transforming, body of Christ-ing ministry called SECOND SATURDAY.

What's that?

On the second Saturday of every …

Booya! Calendar Updated

Ok guys. Go ahead. Your lack of calendar updating has come to a happy end. By the end of tonight (if God wills it), you shall be able to check out the event page on the website and view accurate, upcoming events. They should even include directions, info, and whatever …

Free Rice

Learn to talk good, and feed people also. Check out Free Rice.

17-year-old girl builds school in Cambodia

Rachel Rosenfeld had to stay home sick from school for a whole year. Instead of watching The Price is Right every day, she decided she wanted to build a school in a poverty-stricken area of Cambodia. So she started selling t-shirts... t-shirts! And it worked.

Oh, the …

Winter Camp!!!

reality check

grace

In case you forget, you are here:

Mission Year

If I could go back and do my 18th year on the planet over again, I would do it as a participant in this organization: Mission Year

Mission Year is a year long urban ministry program focused on Christian service and discipleship. They take teams of young people, place …

some good old-fashioned pointless information

Did you know that...

Only 10% of U.S. households put out cookies for Santa on Christmas Eve. That's still a bunch of cookies; approximately 812 million. (side note: how many of our bathrooms is Santa visiting each Christmas Eve in order to make room for that many cookies …

ok my little googlers

I have heard and read that there are over 2,000 verses in the bible that talk about the poor and the oppressed. I have been on GOOGLE for weeks and weeks, typing in all sorts of different words to try and track down an actual list of these verses. The closest I've come …

merry xmas

dolla-dolla-dolla bills y'all

Americans spent 454 billion dollars on Christmas presents last year.

How much?

454 b-i-l-l-i-o-n

So, how much is that? A "billion" is too much for my brain to compute.

Well, one million seconds ago was eleven days ago,

and one BILLION seconds ago was thirty-two years ago.

a gift idea

Check out the link below from the Blood:Water Mission. They work to provide clean water for people living in Africa. You can give a gift in someone else's name, and then send them the card and let them know that instead of two macchiatos they could have bought with a …